Colt and the environment
At Colt we are aware of the challenges posed by global warming and the scarcity of traditional energy sources. We know that the built environment accounts for nearly 50% of CO2 emissions in Northern Europe and that the need for sustainable buildings is increasingly urgent.
Energy efficiency and contributing to a sustainable built environment are at the core of what we do. Our technologies harness natural elements and make them work for the building and our systems work together to make the most efficient use of energy.
We strive to reduce the environmental impact of our activities, at our offices and manufacturing locations, w. We plan our logistics to optimise efficiency, seek to minimise packaging, reduce waste, recycle and use materials from sustainable or recycled sources. Our UK manufacturing site is certified to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standard.
Environmental policy
Colt is committed to contributing to a sustainable future. We aim to:
- Design and provide systems that make the most efficient use of natural resources
- Conduct our business in compliance with relevant environmental legislation, standards and codes
- Limit the impact of our activities on the environment by taking measures against pollution, reducing waste, recycling, adopting policies to control stationery usage in our offices and create an environmentally aware company culture, and implementing appropriate environmental measures
- Operate environmental management systems and follow a process of continuous improvement
- Promote sustainable practices within our organisation and our industry.
Energy Efficient Buildings
Energy efficiency is at the heart of what we do: our technologies harness natural elements and make them work for the building, to ensure the most efficient use of energy.
We look at the building as a whole, also taking into consideration the way it will be used, and focus on four key areas:
- Reducing its cooling requirements with a solar shading system.
- Passive cooling with natural ventilation or harnessing the natural cooling properties of the ground.
- Energy efficient technologies, such as adiabatic cooling, which uses the humidity in the air to cool the building; air and ground source heat pumps; or our Caloris water refrigerant flow air conditioning system.
- Generating energy by integrating in the building envelope solar energy conversion systems such as photovoltaic cells.
We are able to work closely with the architect to identify the best combination of technologies for their building, supplying calculations and simulations.
Read about Colt's approach to energy efficiency at the
Grunewald project in Germany.
